Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2707-1)
🗓️ 08 Aug 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842405");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4495");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-08-08 07:04:53 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2015)");
script_version("2025-08-15T05:40:49+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 05:40:49 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-06-28 17:23:00 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jun 2024)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2707-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|15\.04)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2707-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2707-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-2707-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Cody Crews discovered a way to violate the same-origin policy to inject
script in to a non-privileged part of the PDF viewer. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
exploit this to read sensitive information from local files.
(CVE-2015-4495)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU15.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"firefox", ver:"39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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